Port Washington Named To 100 Safest Cities List

SafeWise, a website that tracks home security and safety statistics and resources, ranked Port Washington the 71st safest city in the country in 2019.

The ranking is part of SafeWise's "100 Safest Cities in America 2019" list, which was made up using FBI data.

According to SafeWise, 70 percent of the cities that made the list are located in the Northeast, with 30 percent of the cities being in New Jersey. Connecticut has the second most cities on the list.

The list took into account violent crime rate and property crime rate per 1,000 residents.

Port Washington had 0.258 violent crimes per 1,000 residents and 5.107 property crimes per 1,000 residents, according to the data. With over 19,000 residents, Glen Cove has a median income of $120,233.

Ninety-three percent of the cities reported fewer than 10 total violent crimes, and 70 cities had few than 200 property crimes.

The list indicates a correlation between median income and low crime, with 59 percent of having a median income over $100,000. Only two cities had a median income below the national average of $57,652.